The Cancellation of Chris D'Elia

Why Are You Laughing?

Blind Mike Project

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

5 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

We look back at the scandal that derailed Chris D'Elia's career and why opinions about the controversy have changed.

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0:00.0	You know, I'm gonna give you a history lesson.
0:02.0	We got some dumb-ass motherfuckers floating around this country.
0:05.0	Stop laughing.
0:08.0	And when I do, start fucking.
0:11.0	Also, y'all did some nasty-ass jokes on my ass, too.
0:15.0	Funny jokes and unfunny jokes come out of the same birth.
0:19.0	You fucking guys are unbelievable.
0:22.9	Why are you laughing?
0:24.7	Evening, everybody.
0:25.6	Welcome to another episode of Why Are You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast.
0:28.8	And today, I am pleased to introduce to you the cancellation of Chris Dahlia.
0:33.7	Slightly different than our usual episode.
0:35.7	We've done one of these before, and maybe I should do sprinkle in one here and there
0:39.5	if people like them.
0:40.4	We did the cancellation of Jamie Kielstein.
0:42.7	I guess we kind of did it with Shane Gillis getting fired.
0:46.2	That's sort of in the same realm.
0:48.1	But this is a different,
0:50.2	a different type of cancellation.
0:52.2	This is,
0:52.6	it makes the other cancellations look fun and innocent, you know?
0:57.7	So if you don't know anything about Chrysdalia, we'll explain it all today.
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